Two suspected Rohingya drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) along Tumbru border of Naikkhongchhari upazila early Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Yasin, 30, and Hossain Ali, 20, who were residing in Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar district.

Commanding Officer of BGB-34 Battalion Lt Col Ali Haidar Azad Ahmed said a team of the paramilitary force during regular patrolling found a group of people who were dealing with drugs in the Chairman Bridge area around 5:30am.

Sensing the presence of law enforcers, the criminals fired at the BGB men, forcing them to fire back in self-defence.

At one stage, Yasin and Hossain were caught in the line of fire and died on the spot, the BGB official said, adding that their cohorts, however, managed to flee.

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Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with three foreign pistols and Phensidyl syrup from Chandrapur Bazar in Kaliganj upazila on Saturday night.

The arrestee was identified as Khar-e-Jamal, 30, son of Taslim Uddin of Chandrapur village in the upazila.

Rab-13 ASP Motaher Hossain said they conducted a drive in the area around 11:30pm and arrested Khar-e-Jamal along with the pistols and 100 bottles of contraband Phensidyl syrup.

He was wanted in several drug cases filed with Kaliganj Police Station, said its officer-in-charge Arju Mohammad Sajjad.

An elderly man has been hacked to death by miscreants at Kholabari village in Tarash upazila.

The deceased was identified as Yasin Ali, 65, a resident of Aliapur village in Ullapara upazila.

Locals spotted Yasin’s body with multiple chopping wounds lying on a road on Sunday morning and informed police, said Mahbub Alam, officer-in-charge of Tarash Police Station.

Later, police recovered the body and sent it to 250-bed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

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The Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee examinations began across the country on Sunday.

The examinations are being held at 7,470 centres across the country.

This year, 2,553,267 students are registered for the PEC examination. Of them, 1,181,300 are boys and 1,371,967 girls.

Besides, 350,371 students – 187,082 boys and 166,281 girls – are attending the Ebtedayee examination.

Besides, 615 students are sitting for the examinations aboard.

The examinations are scheduled to end on November 24.

Three workers went missing as a sand-laden vessel sank after being hit by a launch in the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila early Sunday.

Two of the missing workers are Aslam, 24, and Emdadul, 38.

The vessel capsized in the Gazaria Launchghat area around 5:50am after being hit by Sadargaht-bound launch ‘MV Kirtonkhola-2’, said Harun-ur-Rashid, officer-in-charge of Gazaria Police Station.

The workers of the sand-laden vessel were asleep during the collision, he said.

Coastguard Station Officer MM Asif said they arrested masters Md Shaidul Islam, Jahangir Hossain and Yunus over the accident.

Shaidul claimed that the accident took place due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.